Yomut antique tent band (1330 x 33cm)

1330 x 33 cm  //  43ft 8" x 1ft 1"

Complete with minor silk tufts

This antique tent band is preserved in its entirety. Some damage to the sides is perhaps the result of peripheral damage caused when connecting the wall and roof of the yurt to assist in closing the gap and supporting the two parts of the structure.

Such type is well known being documented in the milestone publication Carpets of Central Asia by General Andrey A. Bogolyubov from his time serving as the Russian Governor of the Trans-Caspian region at the end of the 19th century.

The tiny silk content, consisting of isolated tufts of colour that is derived almost certainly of lac dye laccifer lacca obtained from South Asia and similar to cochineal from the New World. The presence of lac dye silk signals a degree of prestige conferred to this tent band. All the colours are of natural dyes otherwise.

Cf. Plate 20: Carpets of Central Asia, A.A. Bogulyubov, St. Petersburg, 1908

• late 19th C

Ref. 18407